Anitra
Winkler

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Finished 2nd in the 2011 Jr. Iditarod

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Anitra Winkler, 17, was born and raised in the
Cantwell, Alaska area. She began mushing five years
ago after local veterinarian, Dr. Jayne Hempstead,
took her on a run out the Denali Highway. She has
since run the Jr. Iditarod three times, as well as
the Cantwell Classic, which she won in 2009. She
graduated from Cantwell High School, where she
participated in track and cross country, in the
class of 2010 and is taking this year off, with
plans of attending UAS next fall. She says she
enjoys the outdoors and adventure. She likes to run
dogs, ride horses, snowmachine, skijor, and down
hill ski. She says she might not continue mushing
after this year but probably will take it up again
at some future time.